On Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:41:41 +0300, Νικόλαος Κούρας wrote: >> In Python 2: >>>>> 16474 > typing 16474 in interactive session both in python 2 and 3 gives back > the number 16474 > > while we want the the binary representation of the number 16474
Python does not work that way. Ints *always* display in decimal. Regardless of whether you enter the decimal in binary: py> 0b100000001011010 16474 octal: py> 0o40132 16474 or hexadecimal: py> 0x405A 16474 ints always display in decimal. The only way to display in another base is to build a string showing what the int would look like in a different base: py> hex(16474) '0x405a' Notice that the return value of bin, oct and hex are all strings. If they were ints, then they would display in decimal, defeating the purpose! -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
